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Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927)

Twenty-Four Dollar Island poster
Directed by
Robert J. Flaherty
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
12 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film shows New York City in the 1920s, focusing on the busy streets, skyscrapers, and industrial activity. It captures the daily life and movement of the city without a story or characters.

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What happens

Twenty-Four Dollar Island is een stomme stadssymfonie van Robert J. Flaherty uit 1926, die het geïndustrialiseerde en geürbaniseerde New York in beeld brengt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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